December strikes tomorrow! With holiday parties lining the calendar, it’s a good time take stock of your drinking habits to make sure you don’t overdo the alcohol calories. This may be news to some, but the majority of alcoholic drinks have a lot of calories, often more than the dessert you turn down. To boot, having a drink or two before or with
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Welcome to the November posting of Recipe Redux! For this month’s theme, “A Whole New Grain,” we were asked to present recipes using whole grains other than whole wheat or oatmeal. After some consideration, I decided to go with a barley recipe. Though not unknown, barley is in my opinion a truly underused and underappreciated whole grain that can be easily incorporated into
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Some people hear the word yogurt and automatically assume it’s healty. Truth be told, most yogurts out on the market are anything but. Excess sugar, food dyes, and additions such as candies or crumbled cookies turn what could be a healthy snack or breakfast into a more of a sugary dessert. Yogurt can be an excellent source of calcium and protein, and
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Some things sound healthier than they really are. Take a peek at these 5 foods and see if you’ve fallen prey to any of these food traps. 1. Oops: Veggie chips Though they look like dried veggies, potato or rice flour is typically the first ingredient. There is actually a very small percentage of real vegetables. Compared to potato or
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